The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 1910

"What's this about? I've done my job. Why did you want to see me?" Scott hated to associate himself in any way with a woman like Holley. However, it was nice to have her around when money was tight.

"You know I'll be staying in the hospital for seven days. I don't want anything unpleasant to happen while I'm here, so..." Holley purposely stopped talking mid-sentence, as she knew that Scott could read between the lines.

"Certainly. I don't want anyone doubting my ability. I'll make sure you'll be fine," Scott assured Holley. He shot her a glance before leaving.

Holley breathed a sigh of relief when Scott finally walked out of the door.

Although he had been giving her attitude, Holley knew that he wouldn't do anything to ruin her plans. His bark was worse than his bite.

Holley wanted to be back at the hospital for a reason. Black had been treating her quite nicely recently, but Rex seemed to disapprove of this. She noticed that Rex had been asking Black too often to go back to work and help out at Tarsan Corporation. Although Rex probably thought he was subtle, it was plain to see that he didn't want his son spending time with Holley. In response, Holley came up with this plan. Only by being back at the hospital could she make Black feel sorry for her and feel remorse for the rest of his life.

In the Shining Company building, Charles had finally done what he wanted to do.

He had had some time to himself and came up with a brilliant idea to ruin Holley's reputation. Now, all that was left was to carry out the plan. He hated for Holley's efforts to have been in vain.

"President Lu, we need to go to the construction site this afternoon, but there's an issue. You're also supposed to be in a meeting with South Corporation at that time!" Leila anxiously announced, seconds after walking into Charles' office.

Charles lifted his head and looked at Leila without speaking a word.

Almost instantly, Leila realized her mistake. She bowed and said, with her voice trembling slightly, "I'm sorry, President Lu. I should have knocked before coming in!"

"You should have. Don't forget it again. Moving on. Help me turn down South Corporation's project," Charles said indifferently, before lowering his head again to look at his files.

Leila was momentarily speechless. She couldn't help but feel frustrated that Charles was treating her like an outsider.

"I will, President Lu, but isn't that project quite important, too?" Leila asked, puzzled. She couldn't understand why Charles would prioritize going to the construction site over meeting South Corporation's representative. 'Can't he tell which one of the two is more important?' she wondered.

Upon hearing Leila's question, Charles put down his pen and looked at Leila with piercing eyes.

It was the first time that Charles had looked at Leila like this, and the latter found it unsettling. Her palms began to sweat, and she wondered if she had said something wrong.

"President Lu, why are you looking at me like that?"

"Leila, have you forgotten your position?" The vague expression on Charles' face made it hard to tell what he was feeling, but his question sent shivers down Leila's spine.

"Sorry, President Lu. I may have crossed the line."

"Make sure you don't do it again."

Charles hadn't intended to mention Leila's tendency to overstep, but she was becoming bossier and bossier every day. He had to put her back in her place before she did something crazy.

"If that's all, I should go back to work now," Leila said with another, subtler bow, and left the office.

When she stepped outside of Charles' office, she suddenly grew furious. Thinking about how Charles' face had looked during their short exchange made her feel humiliated. She couldn't put into words just how frustrating it felt to be treated that way.

At that moment, Wade was standing in the distance. Even from far away, she could tell how frustrated Leila was when she left Charles' office. She didn't dare walk toward Leila. Instead, she lowered her head and buried her face in her files, praying that Leila wouldn't see her, but to no avail.

"President Lu just turned down that project to go to the construction site. Does that move make sense to you?" Once more, Leila was acting like an executive. It was as if she knew more than anyone else that Charles would suffer a significant loss if he turned down the said project.

For a moment, David's face fell. Luckily, Leila didn't notice.

"Leila, bear your position in mind. I'm guessing President Lu has reminded you of that," David said as he looked Leila straight in the eyes. There was a hint of impatience in his voice.

Leila immediately grew silent, which was what David had wanted.

Feeling victorious, he smiled and walked toward Charles' office.

He knocked when he reached the door.

"Mr. Lu, I just bumped into Leila. She told me that you refused to meet South Corporation's manager. May I ask why?" Although David disliked Leila, what she had just said did bother him.

Charles, noting how anxious David was acting, put his files down flat on his table. Quietly, he explained, "Tarsan Corporation is dealing with that project now. If I meet with the manager, won't that give Tarsan Corporation enough time to come up with a plan to destroy us?"

David understood immediately.

Charles was right. As long as Shining Company didn't associate itself with South Corporation, there was nothing that Tarsan Corporation could do to harm them. Tarsan Corporation might have a panic attack if they didn't see any movement from Shining Company any time soon.

"Got it, Sir. By the way, here's the file you asked me to prepare. Are we heading to the construction site now?" David asked.

"Yes. Yes, we are."